---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties"
description: "State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Maryland SB 298 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-19"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3983c4c1-492c-4dd6-a724-7445a28047f6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0298?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "39eaed357cabd59c56d75fcaeca45a07215be91d4ea920646f4f05a0d3a85e64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 298 (2024) — State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_108_sb0298t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0298f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Electricians - Licensing - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0298t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **38–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-12** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Motion Laid Over (Senator Mautz) Adopted
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3983c4c1-492c-4dd6-a724-7445a28047f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).